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We still haven't heard "Voyeur," the track from James Blake's forthcoming album Overgrown. We have, however, heard the song's dub version, which Blake is planning on releasing as a single. And now we…   Read Story »
The song may share a name with a certain legendary Georgia rock band, but "R.E.M.," the new track from the heavy-hearted Mississippi rapper and producer Big K.R.I.T., borrows a sample from a very…   Read Story »
In the last year there seemed to be a sort of rift between James Blake's growing catalog. There was Blake, the singer-songwriter who created warped, knotty soul music on his self-titled debut, and…   Read Story »
British electronic pop time-bender James Blake is about a month away from releasing his new album Overgrown, and the first single "Retrograde" is enough to give me high hopes for it. And now he's…   Read Story »
It's finally come to this: The first straight-to-Spotify Stereogum Monthly Mix. It's the end of an era, and I'm a little sad about it! But it's a necessity in 2013, and one that will serve this…   Read Story »
Overgrown, James Blake's second proper album, is set to arrive this spring, and the only thing we've heard from it is the luminous and mystery-drenched first single "Retrograde." Judging by what we…   Read Story »
I'll have to watch James Blake's video for his heady, luminescent new single "Retrograde" a few more times before I have any idea what's going on. But the dark and mysterious clip, directed by Martin…   Read Story »
James Blake, the King Of Post-Dubstep, announced a new album for the spring called Overgrown -- which is what, perhaps, a lot of his CMYK early adopter fans think of what's happened to his tunes. He…   Read Story »
After his last few EP excursions, James Blake is now at work on a sophomore album, and he played a few new tracks at a recent London show. In the 15-minute clip below, he tries out a couple of new…   Read Story »
James Blake was making dubstep back when dubstep was, more or less, an offshoot of grime, but his cerebral electronic pop never really had much to do with grime's all-out bluster. So it's weird to…   Read Story »